Living
Smooring Blessing
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. I (1900): Labour
I will smoor the hearth
As Mary would smoor;
The encompassment of Bride and of Mary,
On the fire and on the floor,
And on the household all.
Who is on the lawn without?
Fairest Mary and her Son,
The mouth of God ordained, the angel of God spoke;
Angels of promise watching the hearth,
Till white day comes to the fire.
Codex Note
Gaelic: Beannachadh Smalaidh. Carmina Gadelica I, no. 87, Labour.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Smooring Blessing.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/86/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “Smooring Blessing.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/86/.
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